Re: Media dishonesty

["Richard L. Hess" <lists@richardhess.com>]

At 09:42 AM 11/12/2002 -0500, RuthWeiner@AOL.COM wrote:


> Richard L. Hess wrote:
>
> > For a moment FORGET
> >
> > your industry and the jobs/benefits/etc., but rather 
> >
> > think of the ANGST that this causes lay people.
> Now, why should I put my livelihood in jeopardy because a
>
> lot of "lay" people are too gullible to look into things for
>
> themselves?  People usually exercise common sense about things that
>
> actually affect them, or that they think actually affect them.  I
>
> will speak out and put my job in jeopardy, and believe me I have done so,
>
> for a lot of things, like attacking the LNT, but not because some people
>
> are scared of shadows.  "Forget your ... jobs/benefits..."
>
> is easy to tell someone else to do and, trust me, not easy to
>
> do.


I see that you followed a logical interpretation--but one slightly

different than the one I meant. When I said "benefits" I was

thinking the benefits of the nuclear industry.


I was trying to get people to step outside of thinking about the

industry--not risking their positions in the industry.


Would editing a Web site that promoted honesty be risking your job? I

hadn't thought of that.


Cheers,


Richard